Pardon me while I burst Pardon me while I burst A decade ago I never thought I would be at twenty-three On the verge of spontaneous combustion whoa-is-me But I guess that it comes with the territory An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity I need you to hear, I need you to see That I have had all I can take and Exploding seems like a definite possibility to me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Now two days ago I was having a look in a book and I saw a picture Of a guy fried up above his knees I said, I can relate 'cause lately I've been thinking of combustication As a welcome vacation From the burdens of the planet Earth Like gravity, hypocrisy And the perils of being 3-D But thinking so much differently, yeah Pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Never be the same, yeah Pardon me while I burst into flames Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me So pardon me while I burst into flames I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same Pardon me Never be the same, yeah